1912 Washington Senators season

1912 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
National Park (since 1911)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Thomas C. Noyes
Manager(s)	Clark Griffith
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The 1912 Washington Senators won 91 games, lost 61, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played their home games at National Park.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	105	47	0.691	—	57–20	48–27
Washington Senators	91	61	0.599	14	45–32	46–29
Philadelphia Athletics	90	62	0.592	15	45–31	45–31
Chicago White Sox	78	76	0.506	28	34–43	44–33
Cleveland Naps	75	78	0.490	30½	41–35	34–43
Detroit Tigers	69	84	0.451	36½	37–39	32–45
St. Louis Browns	53	101	0.344	53	27–50	26–51
New York Highlanders	50	102	0.329	55	31–44	19–58

Record vs. opponents

1912 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	16–6–1	11–11–1	15–6	19–2	15–7	17–5	12–10
Chicago	6–16–1	—	11–11	14–8–1	13–9	12–10	13–9–2	9–13
Cleveland	11–11–1	11–11	—	13–9	13–8–1	8–14	15–7	4–18
Detroit	6–15	8–14–1	9–13	—	16–6	9–13	13–9	8–14
New York	2–19	9–13	8–13–1	6–16	—	5–17	13–9	7–15
Philadelphia	7–15	10–12	14–8	13–9	17–5	—	16–6	13–7–1
St. Louis	5–17	9–13–2	7–15	9–13	9–13	6–16	—	8–14–1
Washington	10–12	13–9	18–4	14–8	15–7	7–13–1	14–8–1	—

Notable transactions

• August 23, 1912: Tilly Walker and Hippo Vaughn were traded by the Senators to the Kansas City Blues for Bill Kenworthy and Bert Gallia.^[1]
• August 23, 1912: Joe Agler was purchased by the Senators from the Atlanta Crackers.^[2]
• September 16, 1912: Bill Morley was drafted by the Senators from the Knoxville Reds in the 1912 rule 5 draft.^[3]

Roster

1912 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Jerry Akers Nick Altrock Charlie Becker Joe Boehling Carl Cashion Joe Engel Bert Gallia Clark Griffith Bob Groom Herb Herring Tom Hughes Walter Johnson Paul Musser Barney Pelty Lefty Schegg Hippo Vaughn Dixie Walker Steve White		Catchers Eddie Ainsmith John Henry Rip Williams Infielders Joe Agler Bill Cunningham John Flynn Eddie Foster Chick Gandil John Knight Frank LaPorte George McBride Ray Morgan Roxey Roach Jack Ryan		Outfielders Bill Kenworthy Clyde Milan Danny Moeller Roy Moran Germany Schaefer Howie Shanks Tilly Walker Other batters Dave Howard Tom Long		Manager Clark Griffith

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Henry, JohnJohn Henry	66	191	37	.194	0	9

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Schaefer, GermanyGermany Schaefer	60	166	41	.247	0	19
Walker, TillyTilly Walker	39	110	30	.273	0	9
Kenworthy, BillBill Kenworthy	12	38	9	.237	0	2
Cunningham, BillBill Cunningham	8	27	5	.185	1	8
Agler, JoeJoe Agler	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Griffith, ClarkClark Griffith	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Howard, DaveDave Howard	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hughes, TomTom Hughes	31	196	13	10	2.94	108

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Vaughn, HippoHippo Vaughn	12	81	4	3	2.89	49
Akers, JerryJerry Akers	5	20.1	1	1	4.87	11

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Becker, CharlieCharlie Becker	4	0	0	0	3.00	5
Boehling, JoeJoe Boehling	3	0	0	0	7.20	2
Gallia, BertBert Gallia	2	0	0	0	0.00	0
Altrock, NickNick Altrock	1	0	1	0	18.00	0
Schaefer, GermanyGermany Schaefer	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Griffith, ClarkClark Griffith	1	0	0	0	∞	0

References

1. Bill Kenworthy page at Baseball Reference
2. Joe Agler page at Baseball Reference
3. Bill Morley page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1912 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1912 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com